Circuit-interrupter.



P. W. HARRIS. CIRCUIT INT'ERRUPTER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1908.

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P. W. HARRIS.

GIEOUIT INTERRUPTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9,1908.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1159212,

Application filed "March 9, 190%. Sria1 il'o4f0,063,

mom may concern:

. 'lrnown that l, l ono W. HARRIS, a citizen is? the United States, and a resident or Wilkinsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useiful improvement in. Circuitln'terrupters, of which the following is a specification, 4

" lily-invention relates to circuit interrupters, and it has for its object-to provide a device oi this character that shall be rela tively simple and inexpensive in construction and adapted for use with very highvoltage circuits and .for installation in the open air. f

In the prior art, interrupters foixhighvoltage poly/phase circuits could notbe safely and suc 'essiully operatedin the open a'iruiider e weather conditions, by reason er, the-tendency oi"; the electric current's'to creep over Wet surfaces. it has been my aim to design a circuit breaker for accomplishing this result without sacrificing either simplicity and economy in construction or sensitiveness and efiiciency in opera tion.

According to my present. invention, 1 provide a plurality of independent inelosing', casings in which the main operating mechahisn'i and a number of groups of co operating stationary and l'uovable contact members severally disposed. The casings are Weather-proof andareseparated by material distances, the only cohnection be tween them, aside from eommonsupporting structures, being lormed by pipe sections through which an actuating rod extends. The lower parts of the casings are removable are made in the form of to contain a suitable insulating fluid.

Figure. l of the accompanying drawings is a side elevation of a portion of a circuit interrupter constructed in accordance with my invention, the inclosing casings being shown in section to disclose the operating parts. Fig. 2 1s a sectional elevation throu h one of the casin s of lfii l and Snis an outline view of the assembled circuit interrupter which brings out more clearly the relation between the different groups of cooperating contact members.

Referring to the drawings, the device here illustrated comprises a stationary frame 1,

tactmember and such portion of the 0' er at-ing mechanism 9 as is directly associated with said movable member. Since's'i'nl'ilar parts are found in each casing-only one group \vill be described in detail by refercnce to Figsfiland 22s the drau ings.

The lcads lO'and llare directly connected to one phase of the circuit controlled by the by a cover mom breaker anl are supported her 12' from which they are carefully in-'- sulated by means of bushings 13. The bushings 13 may be constructed in any suitable manner and may support, at their lower-ex tren'1ities,the' stationary contact members 6 and 7. In order that, the line conductors, which are joined to the outer extremities of leads 10 and 11,1rnay be widely separated from each other, the leads are supported obliquely, their lower extremities being brought relatively close together with safety since, at this point, they are separated by the insulating fluid contained in the tank. The portions of the insulating bushings which are Without the tanks are protected from the Weather by a plurality of'insulathug bells or flanges 1'4.

The stationary contact members malcclmtt joints with the movable contact members, ut the latter are provided with terminal pieces 28 which are resiliently connected to the body portions of said membcrs the elec t-rical connection between the two parts beinn; improved by a flexible shunt 29. The terminal pieces 38 are permitted to'mo've only within predetermined limits along the center lines o:E -the stationary terminals. Since these lines are oblique as above in dicated, a sliding-contact is effected between theengaging surfaces as the movable contact members engage the stationary members or are separated from them.

The operating mechanism 9 comprises a main operating lever 30 which may beactuated by haridor otherwise, a rod 32 which intercoimccts the operating levers for the several groups of contact members, and a Lei crank -j;:;ver Si 'wilich' is 132- t en the lever and the amnesia v m1 man-h 0f file mew-R5019 me' 39, 3 is uonnecfid to the Iowa? e tremisy of to tfis nperating lever 30 in raismg the mavabl enutmai; memhera 531m engagammt "with film stationary memhsrs.

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.flsumin' that the movable contact 1112mdlsen agecl from the smui onm'y zmmbers, tha' 01201135; interrupter may as aiesad by a downwmal movement 0? the uperating lever This aciiozz fliOfllKfiS a iotative movement a; U a bail wank lever through an angle 01 snbshmfiialfly Q0 and imparts a ionglmiiimai mevenwnia $0 the red. 32. This motion is; ti'fmflmiflfii i to the 'iertical rod-Ls 02c ahnfis by me le'mcs 37 and It "will be unders'mmi that sfii'ueim'igfi mofilfrfications may be efi'eet-sd within "51m $80139 06 my invention, and. I ciesire such tat-ions shall be impase are iixii in ii-he appended claims. claim as my inwnbion:

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